It's official folks! Green Biodiesel made from soy beans for $85 a gallon limits the performance of Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines. And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a Caravan a single(centerline) line of thrust twin engine airplane?

You cannot be an air carrier operating over water, at night, or beyond a 50 nm raduis in a single engine airplane as an air carrier under FAA Part 121 certification. (or part 122, it's been a long-long time for me)

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posted on 12/18/2013 8:51:26 PM PST
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

14 CFR Part 125  Certification and Operations: Airplanes Having a Seating Capacity of 20 or More Passengers or a Maximum Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds or More; and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft

This regulation applies to private and noncommon carriage when such operations are conducted in airplanes having 20 or more seats (excluding crewmembers) or having a payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more. There must also be operations specifications issued to the operator which include the following information:  Kinds of operations authorized  Types of aircraft and registration numbers of the airplanes authorized for use  Approval of the provisions of the operators manual relating to airplane inspections, together with the necessary conditions and limitations  Registration numbers of the airplanes that are to be inspected under an approved airplane inspection program (AAIP) under §125.247  Procedures for the control of weight and balance of airplanes  Any other item that the administrator determines is necessary Just as in part 121, subpart (E) identifies special airworthiness requirements dealing mostly with the mechanical devices of the aircraft.

14 CFR Part 135  Operating Requirements: Commuter and On Demand Operations and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft As the title of this section states, this regulation is applicable to short distance commercial aircraft operations or commuters and nonscheduled carriers that operate on demand. These aircraft are frequently referred to as air taxi or air charter aircraft. Preceding the regulation are several SFARs.

One of these, SFAR 36, is of interest to the technician because, although it is linked here directly to part 135, it is also linked in the text to parts 121 and 145. The significance of SFAR 36 is that it allows for a company with sufficient engineering and certification personnel to perform major repairs on products it is authorized to work on, without having the technical data approved by the FAA Administrator.

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posted on 12/18/2013 8:57:16 PM PST
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

All aircraft are designed with their most common usage in mind. If you want to increase the flight time you only have one choice - lighten the load. "The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft ...

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posted on 12/18/2013 10:18:58 PM PST
by B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)

But I thought single engine land certification prohibits night operations and flights beyond gliding distance over water. I remember flying passengers over Lake Michigan and I would have to do so @ 11,000 feet. I also remember flying Cherokee Six 300's from Fort Pierce to Freeport and could only do so during daytime. I was also required to carry personal floatation gear, a raft, and pyrotechnic signaling device(flare gun).

But that was decades ago.

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posted on 12/18/2013 10:37:41 PM PST
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

I departed Wilmington Delaware once in a Cherokee in the middle of August with five persons plus pilot and four sets of golf clubs with full fuel. I used all 8,000 feet of a 10,000 foot runway and had an initial rate of climb of 100 feet per minute without stalling. The passengers thanked me when we got to their destination, for the lovely scenic view of the bay as we left because we were as low as the sailboat masts. After I burned off enough fuel and got into some cooler air I managed to squeeze out about 400 feet per minute. It took me half way to Charlotte NC to get to my filed altitude of 4,500’. If only they knew?

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posted on 12/18/2013 11:04:52 PM PST
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

The first reports said she was in the water, her assistant helped her get into her life jacket, she was floating there talking to him and then she became unresponsive.

I think she probably died of natural causes. It’s possible, I suppose, that the plane was tampered with in hopes of taking them all down (her assistant, also on the plane, was also involved with the BC matter). However, I think the most likely thing is simply that the plane was overloaded and just went down.

I’ve been on that flight, and it’s a very tiny plane that has to fly over a very rough terrain and rough ocean with lots of unpredictable winds and conditions.

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